N-400 After Divorce.

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Has anyone had experience of N-400 interview after divorce? Did you face any difficulties, bias, questions?

[Lina123]

Yes, I did. There were no issues for me. I was not divorced at the time but we were separated. The officer didn’t ask about it at all. Just asked his name and approved me on the spot.

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Yes, I did. There were no issues for me. I was not divorced at the time but we were separated. The officer didn’t ask about it at all. Just asked his name and approved me on the spot.

And how soon after you got your 10Y GC you filed for N-400?

[Lina123]

And how soon after you got your 10Y GC you filed for N-400?

I got gc in 2018 and applied in 2020, a few months less than 2 years

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Hello! For those curious here is my interview experience.



I arrived in time, went through security check, checked in and was waiting for 35 min before called out by an officer. He was very nice, he also seemed shy or new, not sure. I sat down in front of him in his office. He was reviewing my case right in front of me for about 5 minutes in complete silence. Then he began with tests. The history test questions could not have been easier. Neither have reading and writing tests. Then review of the application form followed. I was asked about my marital status in the order questions appear on N-400 form. I said that I am divorced. He said, since you are applying based on 5 years, you are fine. We continued with the remaining questions. I signed the form and thought that was it, BUT he kept sitting in front of me in total silence browsing something on his monitor for like 5 min. Then he paged the huge pile of my case (it really looked like 1000 pages or so but I have never submitted so much) and suddenly asked: what was the reason for your divorce? I answered. He continued browsing his monitor. It looked like he was new and not sure if he has to ask more. I thought he was about to call a supervisor who would continue digging deeper into my marriage. But finally he said, congratulations, your application is approved. The oath ceremony was scheduled for the same day. 45 minutes thereafter, I became a proud owner of the naturalization certificate. The bottom line, in my opinion, they do not tend to ask additional questions about your divorce but probably they must ask at least about the reason because it looked like he found it in the instructions in the very end. So good luck with your application, YOU'LL BE FINE!